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  • to not think of something when judging a situation - We failed to ___________ the rainy weather and had to postpone the football game.
    stop to think
    remember that
    take into account
    remind ourselves
  • not having enough of what you need - We can’t expand our business because we ________ the financial _________.
    short stock
    lack resources
    fault funds
    miss reserve
  • to not be useful for anything - Nobody ever uses the college coffee machine. It really ____________ no useful purpose.
    helps
    serves
    does
    makes
  • to stop using or doing something - Smartphones have made it possible to ______________ the use of fax machines.
    change out of
    switch off of
    swing out to
    shift away from
  • The ability to communicate in a language - I lacked the language ________ to study in Germany.
    pride
    competence
    habit
    ability
  • to affect something or someone in a bad way - Smoking has a _________ on your health.
    disastrous failure
    destroying significance
    determined payoff
    detrimental effect
  • a part of something with many parts - She has so many _________ to her personality.
    vices
    flaws
    scarcities
    facets
  • so surprised that you do not know how to react - I was ___________ by the questions and didn’t know what to say.
    totally tossed
    completely thrown
    fully founded
    absolutely gone
  • to start doing something with energy - He told us what page to read and so we could ________ reading the story.
    get stuck in
    launch out
    tackle onto
    jump up
  • become less and then disappear - The campfire will ________ if we don´t put more wood on it.
    fail out
    lose out
    drop out
    die out
  • to not have many opportunities - Young people who don´t study will have ___________.
    low possibility
    less probabilities
    limited prospects
    lower practices
  • to lose contact with or forget about where you came from - Pierre has lived abroad for so long that he is starting to lose _________ with his roots.
    communication
    contacts
    faculties
    touch
  • be as capable as others in a situation - Jill can _________ in any conversation on science.
    maintain her spot
    hold her own
    keep her ground
    stay on top
  • make people richer - New firms in the area are helping to _________.
    create wealth
    accumulate finance
    gain funding
    make rich
  • to be useful to someone in the future - This experience will ___________ when you go to college.
    step you above
    stand you in good stead
    put you on top
    serve you good
  • different life forms living in one place - There is a lot of _________ in a rainforest.
    bio variety
    biolosity
    biological diversity
    biologic variance
  • limited amount of money to spend - Due to current budget  ___________ we can´t but the car.
    liberty
    constraints
    allowance
    deterrent
  • to get used to a place where you have started to live - It took Pavel a while to __________ the area, but now he has a lot of good friends here.
    set in
    move in
    settle into
    fall into
  • achieve everything one´s capable of - If James __________, he could become a professional actor.
    makes his goals
    succeeds his dreams
    reaches his aim
    fulfils his potential
  • An event will happen soon and is usually unpleasant. - The high winds warned us of the _________ hurricane.
    impending
    impeding
    implying
    imploding
  • to make yourself look stupid in front of others - I really made a _________ of when I couldn’t remember her name.
    silly
    freak
    fool
    stupid
  • reaching an acceptable standard - Your last essay wasn’t ___________. You only got 40%.
    up on dot
    up to scratch
    up on note
    up to mark
  • to not have many opportunities - Young people who don´t study will have limited ___________.
    probability
    prospects
    possibility
    perspections
  • to save a lot of money - The new computer system should produce _____________.
    safe earnings
    saving budget
    plenty saving
    substantial savings
  • to be the reason or explanation for something - The recession _______ the slow growth in the economy.
    accounts for
    answers of
    means of
    respects to
  • intentionally decide to do something - I made a __________ decision to eat more healthy foods.
    aware
    conscious
    programmed
    clever
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